# Fractures at DVE Management Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021350` · 2/12/2023 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DVE Management Inc.
- **Location:** Rig H&P 553 North of Midland, Holt Ranch 319O 306HE, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79712
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loosening bolts on a wellhead when they slipped and fell backward approximately 8 feet through an area that was missing floor plates. The employee landed on his back on the ground and sustained a T-12 vertebra fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*